Stance on dams call
Stance on dams call
The Otago Fish and Game Council wants candidates standing for the Central Lakes Trust to declare their positions on Nevis River hydro-electricity development.
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Fish and Game wants more flexible licence
Fish and Game wants more flexible licence
Otago's young anglers should not be treated like criminals for using a family licence to fish without a guardian, Fish and Game Otago chairman Monty Wright says.
Call to retain wetlands
Call to retain wetlands
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) needs to rethink plans to drop degraded wetlands from its revised regional water plan, Fish and Game Otago councillors say.
Witherow backed by Otago
Witherow backed by Otago
Fish and Game Otago is backing its man on the Fish and Game New Zealand Council after the national body's chairman said he was considered self-serving and destructive.
Scrutiny for wetland
Scrutiny for wetland
The Cairn wetland in South Otago will be re-surveyed by an ecological specialist after concerns were raised about its future.
'Happy faces' as fishing season opens
'Happy faces' as fishing season opens
Anglers were smiling on the opening day of the fishing season yesterday.
"We're seeing some pretty happy faces out there," Otago Fish and Game ranger Steve Dixon said yesterday.
Conditions may influence angling
Conditions may influence angling
Recent rain and snow melt could put a dampener on the start of the brown trout fishing season today.
Max hooks a beauty on his first try
Max hooks a beauty on his first try
This is the story of the big one that did not get away.
Special tribunal report appealed
Special tribunal report appealed
Three of the 248 submitters who aired their views about a change to the water conservation order (WCO) on the Nevis River have taken the next step and appealed a special tribunal's report on the matter.
River damming appeals all different
River damming appeals all different
Three very different appeals to the Nevis River special tribunal's report have now been lodged with the Environment Court.
Divided view on valuing sport fishery
Divided view on valuing sport fishery
A suggestion a report on the economic value of New Zealand's sport fishery is needed has caused some controversy within Fish and Game.
Fish and Game supports licence fee increase
Fish and Game supports licence fee increase
A increase in fishing and game licence fees has been supported by the Central South Island Fish and Game Council.
Fish and Game release Chinook salmon
Fish and Game release Chinook salmon
Lake Benmore anglers may get a surprise when they next fish the Haldon Arm - about 10,000 salmon from a Twizel salmon farm have been released there over the past two days.
Legal costs fuel discussion
Legal costs fuel discussion
Concerns Fish and Game may be spending too much money on legal fights is just "scaremongering", Otago Fish and Game councillor Dave Witherow says.
Changes to Act may allow landowners to shoot geese
Changes to Act may allow landowners to shoot geese
The goose could finally be cooked.
Jet-boaters argue impacts no worse than alternative users
Jet-boaters argue impacts no worse than alternative users
A battle over access rights to the Hunter River resumed in Wanaka yesterday as fishermen, conservationists, and recreational jet-boaters debated the merits of a Queenstown Lakes District Council bylaw.
The benefits of tenure review
The benefits of tenure review
New Zealand gains from more diversified use of former leasehold land freeholded through the land tenure review process, writes Brian Usherwood.
Little protection for Nevis
Little protection for Nevis
Niall Watson warns of dire and irreversible consequences if tenure review proposals for two properties in Central Otago's Nevis Valley proceed unchanged.
Draining wetlands criticised
Draining wetlands criticised
Fish and Game Otago is calling for answers as to why some wetlands are being drained and their vegetation destroyed in South Otago.
Fishing guides back regulation moves
Fishing guides back regulation moves
Professional fishing guides are more than happy to hear the Otago Fish and Game Council is strongly supporting the proposal to advance the introduction of a licence for commercial game-bird hunters and anglers.